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Wonder who can see your Google Drive files? This will show you

Chances are there are a number of files you will have forgotten all about.

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GOOGLE DRIVE HAS one of the more popular cloud services out there (by virtue of most people having access to one Google service or more), but every time you access or share a document, you’re giving permission to someone or allowing them access to certain information.

WhoHasAccess allows you to scan your Google Drive account and find out who has access to files in your account as well as what content is available to everyone.

Once you’ve your account scanned – usually takes a minute or two depending on how much you’ve stored – you will be given an overview of everyone who has access to your account.

Chances are you won’t find anything malicious, but considering how often Google Docs are used to share information, you may come across a few permissions you forgot about and would like to remove, or people you would like to revoke access from.

The annoying part is you can’t revoke access through the page, you have to do it through Google Drive, but that’s a small price to pay for knowing who has access to what.

And for those wondering, the makers behind the service delete all information they collect and remove their access permissions within 24 hours, although you can remove it yourself through your own account permissions if you want.

(WhoHasAccess)

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    Mute Mary Linton
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    Feb 7th 2025, 8:32 AM

    Hoping this incident has a positive outcome, I’d kindly ask the “TDS” sufferers on here to delay their juvenile ramblings until further information ( hopefully positive) is available

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    Feb 7th 2025, 8:33 AM

    @Mary Linton: well said

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    Feb 7th 2025, 9:01 AM

    @Mary Linton: while if this happened under Biden it would be a different story

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    Mute Colm Corcoran
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    Feb 7th 2025, 9:04 AM

    @Mary Linton: Can I politely point out that adding in ‘kindly’ doesn’t make your message less provocative, ironically your language comes across a bit juvenile if your concern is solely for the passengers.

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    Feb 7th 2025, 9:08 AM

    @Colm Corcoran: would have thought all our concerns at this point would be for the passengers, unfortunately, I realise this comments board is a mere cesspit of obvious trolls

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    Feb 7th 2025, 9:14 AM

    @Mary Linton: Your first comment was to take a political jab, don’t give me that rubbish.

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    Feb 7th 2025, 9:32 AM

    @Niall Lappin: Biden, worst US president ever lol

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    Feb 7th 2025, 10:14 AM

    @Mary Linton: you took a shot then climbed up to your ivory tower, sorry doesn’t work like that.

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    Feb 7th 2025, 10:20 AM

    @Mary Linton: pathetic political trolling masked as “concern”. Psychopaths do this.

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    Feb 7th 2025, 10:20 AM

    @Mary Linton: you spend all day everyday trolling, celebrating the deaths of Palestinian civilians for example, and now you call on others to show respect? Practice what you preach

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    Feb 7th 2025, 10:26 AM

    @Barry Spoon: The facts don’t back up your bullshyte.

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    Feb 8th 2025, 9:47 PM

    The past 24 months has had some amount of airline accidents and or incidents, from windows blown out mid flight, crashes, missing planes it must be unprecedented the amount of incidents.

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